wwp@yahoogroups.com:
Re: WWPano: another world wide panorama, anyone?
Tamas Varga 2004-May-26 18:14:00
Hi Don & Landis,
great initiative that perfectly fits into my objective with
www.budapest360.hu
"Site dedicated to the beauty and World Heritage buildings and sites
of Budapest, capital of Hungary with special 360 degree photographs
and virtual tours."
But this time I will show another site of Hungarian heritage - not
necessarily listed on the WHO list.
Thanks again for your idea and support.
Best regards
Tamas
--- In #removed#, G. Donald Bain <#removed#> wrote:
> The first World Wide Panorama was an amazing success. Great
numbers of
> people around the world have been enjoying the site.
Congratulations
> and thanks to everyone who participated!
>
> We are considering a repeat event, similar to the first, for the
coming
> Solstice (summer in the northern hemisphere, winter in the
southern),
> which falls on June 20-21.
>
> The theme of the first WWPano was implicit - photographers around
the
> world taking VR photos on the same day. The theme of the June 2004
> World Wide Panorama will be "World Heritage".
>
> Many of you will be aware of Tito Dupret's project to photograph
> (including VR photographs) UNESCO World Heritage Sites. He has been
> traveling for the last several years, producing amazing panoramas
of
> Angkor in Cambodia, the Valley of the Kings in Egypt, many places
in
> China, and most recently in Sri Lanka. Tito's site, WHTour
> (http://www.world-heritage-tour.org/) is rapidly becoming an
> outstanding archive of images of our common cultural heritage.
>
> But Tito could use some help -- there are 754 officially designated
> sites, scattered all around the world. So he has invited us to join
him
> in this project. The combined talents of the World Wide Panorama
> participants can make a huge contribution, all in one weekend. The
full
> UNESCO list is at:
> http://whc.unesco.org/nwhc/pages/sites/main.htm
>
> What if you are eager to participate, but don't have an official
world
> heritage site close enough? No problem, you are free to select
anywhere
> that you deem to fit the theme of "World Heritage".
>
> We will use the Yahoo Grouo ( http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwp/)
and
> the web site at http://geoimages.berkeley.edu/wwp.html to
communicate
> about this project. Details will be posted soon, both to the list
and
> on the site.
>
> In brief: shoot on Saturday, Sunday, or Monday, June 19-20-21,
produce
> a QuickTime VR panorama or object, and submit it to the WWPano
> organizers (once again, Don Bain and Landis Bennett), for
incorporation
> into the site.
>
> The project is sponsored by the Geography Computing Facility,
> University of California Berkeley, and will be hosted by The Geo-
Images
> Project. Although this remains a non-profit venture, we will be
> collaborating with the FullScreen QTVR site, and asking your
permission
> to host WWPano images also on that site.
>
> Looking forward to another great event!
> -----
> For more information:
> Join Yahoo Groups and go to
http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/wwp/ Visit
> the web site at http://GeoImages.Berkeley,edu/wwp.html (to be
updated
> soon)
> -----
> Don Bain - #removed#
> Landis Bennett - #removed#